May 2026 at the Coolidge

Now that the April showers are (allegedly) over, is it time for May flowers yet? Our special programming is the perfect way to start your spring off right!

This month sees a sweeping series of films about filmmaking; a Studio Ghibli series centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service; two five-week classes; the return of our Queering the Screen signature program; plenty of speaker engagements; and more.

Read on for everything we’re screening this month!

Take Two: Filmmaking in the Movies

Our sweeping May series about the messy, hilarious, and occasionally disastrous business of making movies! Plus, take the class in tandem with the series.
Sponsored by MUBI!

Ghibliotheque

Join us for a week of screenings celebrating the incredible films of Studio Ghibli, centered around a new 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service!
Co-presented by the Japan Society of Boston!

Speaker Engagements

Like your screenings with a side of talkbacks? Catch a screening with a speaker discussion for O Brother, Where Art Thou?; Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story; Frankenstein; Move Ya Body: The Birth of House; and Babystar.

Big Screen Classics

Watch certified classics the way they were meant to be seen. This month, catch a Shadow of a Doubt plus an intro seminar, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and Jurassic Park!
Co-presented in-kind by WBUR and the Iris Hotel Boston.

Coolidge After Midnite

Celebrate a true master of the macabre, director Sam Raimi! Kiss your nerves goodbye as we screen his Evil Dead franchise hits as well as some of his lesser-known nightmares, many from 35mm prints (and one on VHS!). Also, wrestling movies!

Cult Classics

Our signature program dedicated to showcasing films with fervent fan bases and unforgettable impact! This month’s picks are Cecil B. Demented and The Stunt Man!

Coolidge Education

Take one of our five-week classes about Paul Thomas Anderson or filmmaking in the movies, learn more at a seminar before Shadow of a Doubt or American Movie, and showcase your short film at Boston Open Screen!

Cinema Masala

Our series celebrating Indian cinema! This month, see Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya Akhtar’s popular road comedy.
Co-presented by Film Heritage Foundation and Sapna Saxena!

More Good Stuff

  • Tommy: Thursday, May 7 at 7:00pm | Cinema Jukebox co-presented in-kind by Allston Pudding

  • The Princess Diaries: Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm | Rewind! with afterparty including themed food and drinks

  • The General: Tuesday, May 26 at 7:00pm | The Sounds of Silents featuring a live, original score by the Anvil Orchestra

This Week

  • A new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg.

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  • Get ready for the ride of your life... and maybe journey too.

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  • In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. 

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  • A beautifully rendered autobiographical tale from celebrated Spanish director Carla Simón.

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  • A pitch-perfect blend of satire, melodrama, daring tonal shifts and intimate performances.

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  • From director Olivia Wilde and starring Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton.

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  • Slamdance presents the best competition films from their 2026 festival!

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  • It TICKLES and TANTALIZES! - The funniest comedy since laughter began!

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  • Slamdance presents the best competition films from their 2026 festival!

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  • Includes 16 minutes of new, theatrically exclusive post-credit bonus footage from Kane Parsons.

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  • Filmmaker Ivy Meeropol will join us for a post-film discussion following our screening. 

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  • Together For The First Time - James Stewart - John Wayne - in the masterpiece of Academy Award winner John Ford.

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  • In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

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  • The new film from filmmaker Christopher Nolan, starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, and Anne Hathaway.

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  • The new film from Coolidge Breakthrough Artist Award winner Jane Schoenbrun.

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  • Six students discover their teachers really are from another planet in this thriller from director Robert Rodriguez.

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  • Pre-film seminar from Kyle Stevens, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Appalachian State University

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  • Some Liek It Hot

    Billy Wilder’s madcap, men on the run farce still delights audiences over 50 years since it’s release. 

     

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